| Main Entry: | progress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement, gain |
Synonyms: |
advance, amelioration, anabasis, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, buildup, course, dash, development, evolution, evolvement, expedition, flowering, growth, headway, hike, impetus, improvement, increase, journey, lunge, march, momentum, motion, movement, ongoing, pace, passage, process, procession, proficiency, progression, promotion, rate, rise, step forward, stride, tour, unfolding, voyage, way |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease, deterioration, retreat, retrogression |
| Main Entry: | progress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move forward |
Synonyms: |
advance, continue, cover ground, dash, edge, forge ahead, gain ground, get along, get on, go forward, keep going, lunge, make headway, make strides, move on, proceed, shoot, speed, travel |
Antonyms: |
back up, decline, retreat, stop |
| Main Entry: | progress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, advance |
Synonyms: |
ameliorate, become better, better, blossom, boost, develop, gain, grow, increase, make first rate, mature, shape up, straighten up, truck, turn over new leaf, upgrade |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease, deteriorate, retrogress |
| Main Entry: | progress |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forward movement |
Synonyms: |
advancement, headway, impetus, motion, progress, progression |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
Antonyms: |
halt, hesitation, recession, stop, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement, progress in development |
Synonyms: |
advancement, amelioration, betterment, boost, break*, breakthrough, buildup, development, enrichment, furtherance, gain, go-ahead, growth, headway, increase, progress, promotion, rise, step, up, upgrade, upping |
Antonyms: |
block, failure, impediment, recession, stagnation |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move something forward, often quickly |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, achieve, bring forward, come forward, conquer, continue ahead, continue on, dispatch, drive, elevate, forge ahead, gain ground, get ahead, get green light, get there, get with it, go ahead, go forth, go forward, go great guns, go places, go to town, hasten, launch, make headway, make the scene, march, move on, move onward, move up, press on, proceed, progress, promote, propel, push ahead, push on, quicken, send forward, skyrocket, speed, step forward, storm |
Antonyms: |
back down, halt, hesitate, recede, retreat, retrogress, stop, turn, withdraw, yield |
| Main Entry: | advancement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forward movement |
Synonyms: |
advance, anabasis, gain, headway, march, progress, progression |
Antonyms: |
cessation, decline, descent, halt, retreat, retrogression, return, reversion, stop, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
Synonyms: |
advance, approximate, be comparable to, be like, bear, belly up to, border, buzz*, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near, equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move in on, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon |
Antonyms: |
depart, distance, go away, leave |
| Main Entry: | augment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make greater; improve |
Synonyms: |
add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, piggyback, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, tag on |
Antonyms: |
decrease, degrade |